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Erich Rudorffer

1917 - 2016

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Erich Rudorffer (1 November 1917 – 8 April 2016) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace who was one of a handful who served with the Luftwaffe through the whole of World War II. He was one of the most successful fighter pilots in the history of air warfare, with 222 victories claimed. Rudorffer fought in all the major German theaters of war, including the European and Mediterranean Theater of Operations and the Eastern Front. During the war he flew more than 1000 combat missions, engaging in aerial combat over 300 times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Rudorffer has received more than 304,327 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Erich Rudorffer is the 812th most popular military personnel (down from 721st in 2019), the 1,998th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,760th in 2019) and the 144th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erich Rudorffer ranks 812 out of 2,058. Before him are Aimable Pélissier, Yan Liang, Felice Pasquale Baciocchi, Janko Bobetko, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, and Vasily Petrov. After him are Mario Roatta, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Marco Antonio Bragadin, Julius Jacob von Haynau, Karl Frenzel, and Henri Winkelman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Erich Rudorffer ranks 102. Before him are Buddy Rich, Charlotte Salomon, Jânio Quadros, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Irving Penn, and Vasily Petrov. After him are Luis Carniglia, John Connally, Sameera Moussa, Giuseppe De Santis, Dondinho, and Sharof Rashidov. Among people deceased in 2016, Erich Rudorffer ranks 120. Before him are Victor Stănculescu, Dragan Nikolić, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Guy Hamilton, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, and Thorbjörn Fälldin. After him are Héctor Babenco, Alexandre Astruc, Nimr al-Nimr, Jayalalithaa, Péter Esterházy, and Andrew Grove.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Rudorffer ranks 1,998 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Koegel (1895), Govert Flinck (1615), Albert Bormann (1902), John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341), Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673), and Therese Brandl (1902). After him are Martin Luther (1895), Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (1815), George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1539), Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577), Marianne Koch (1931), and Peter Cornelius (1824).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Rudorffer ranks 144. Before him are Friedrich Hossbach (1894), Walter Stennes (1895), Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889), Otto von Lossow (1868), Georg Lindemann (1884), and Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891). After him are Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850), Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786), Karl Frenzel (1911), Ernst Barkmann (1919), Ludwig Crüwell (1892), and Walter Heitz (1878).

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